Though, well...
He hadn't planned to go down there either.
Chief Clerk Yu met Kang Shi's gaze, which was filled with an indescribable mix of emotions. Awkwardly, he let go and tried to salvage the situation.
"Ahem. This old man was just a little too eager..."
The two people with literary palaces had gone down to fight on their own. If he let Kang Shi escape too, how could his old bones take it?
Kang Shi: "..."
For some reason, he could understand Chief Clerk Yu's feelings. In the tone of someone who'd been there, he nodded. "Yeah. I get it."
After spending every day among a bunch of Literary Scholars who loved to take the road less traveled and resort to violence—naming names, his own lord had set a terrible example—Kang Shi's heart had grown exceptionally tough. He'd even developed an extremely subtle misconception.
His lord's team couldn't do without him, Kang Jishou!
Because he was the only normal Literary Scholar, the beacon of hope for several Martial Gall Warriors who were still waiting to be fed!
Kang Shi even suspected that every Literary Scholar besides himself was responsible for his lord's inability to attract powerful Martial Gall Warriors to join her. His own lord deserved special mention! Tell him, which Martial Gall Warrior liked to go into battle stark naked?
Kang Shi's response warmed Chief Clerk Yu's heart.
Thanks to Yu Zi, he'd already had a favorable impression of Kang Shi. Now, it shot up even further.
Overcome with excitement, he said "Good" three times in a row, then declared with grand bravado, "You and I will break this formation together today! Let's show the Ten Crows what we're made of! Better yet, let's hurt them so badly they'll never dare invade south again!"
Kang Shi replied in